AUCKLAND, Today: Parnell shop Farrimond has launched a new campaign for Mars Petcare brand Temptations. Mars Petcare brand manager Claudia Hatherill describes it as “an engaging work that focuses on the irresistible noise of a Temptations pack shake”.

AUCKLAND, Today: The Comms Council has launched ACE, the Advertising Careers Engine, a platform designed to raise awareness and consideration of the advertising industry as a career option.

LONDON, Today: Global advertising spend is on course to grow 4.4% this year to a total of US$963.5bn, according to data released this morning by WARC.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: New Zealand’s commercial radio industry remains strong with growth to over 3.41 million Kiwis tuning in every week, according to the S2 2023 GFK Radio Audience Survey, released today.

AUCKLAND, Today: Ports of Auckland has dropped the ‘s’ to become Port of Auckland, as part of a brand refresh. When the Auckland council-owned company released its annual report for the 2023 financial year on Thursday, it disclosed it had dropped an ‘s’ from its name as part of a brand refresh to become Port of Auckland.

AUCKLAND, Today: After 10 years in Westhaven, indie agency Chemistry and its sister agency MetroEXP have moved into a bespoke, designed space at 20 Beaumont Street on the historic site of the old Auckland Gasworks building.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Parnell-based indie agency The Business Marketing Group (TBMG) has added popular yoghurt brand Yoplait to its portfolio, and already produced its first campaign.